Skylar Hodson wins Russell-Mowery Perpetual Honors Scholarship

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Skylar Hodson, the recent winner of the most prestigious award of Phi Theta Kappa in Texas, the Dr. Mary Hood Award, has also become the fourth winner of the Russell-Mowery Perpetual Honors Scholarship. This annual $500 award goes to an honors student who has made significant contributions to Northeast Texas culture and life.

Honors Northeast receives $10,000 donation to support film projects

The 91¿ì»îÁÖ Foundation recently received a donation of $10,000 from the Stevenson family of Gilmer. These funds will help the Honors Northeast program continue its legacy of unique special projects, specifically their annual feature-length film. Pictured at the check presentation is (from left): Dr. Andrew Yox, 91¿ì»îÁÖ Honors Director, Wlliam Stevenson, David A. Stevenson, David L. Stevenson, and Dr. Ron Clinton, 91¿ì»îÁÖ President. 

Mary-Faith Wilson wins 7th Gladys Winkle Humanities Scholarship in Honors

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

The Gladys Winkle Family has empowered six 91¿ì»îÁÖ honors students through the years with a special scholarship for excellence in the Humanities that comes in addition to an institutional honors scholarship.  This year’s winner is Mary-Faith Wilson, a star of the HuMusic Seminar last fall before she even entered honors, and this year, one of the top-tier Presidential Scholars of Honors Northeast.

Honors students and 91¿ì»îÁÖ Webb Society pioneer new story on oil in Texas

Pictured: The cast and crew that Initiated Film Week: Sarah Dierflinger, Tristan Dierflinger, Skylar Hodson, Luke McCraw, Dr. Andrew Yox—Honors and Webb Society Director, Isabel Tresidder, Andrew Perez, Noah Pettey, Kaden Groda, and Remington Covey.  Photo by Hudson Old and the East Texas Journal.

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Annual Northeast Texas Poetry Contest planned

Pictured: Student Winners in 2023: Michelle Calderon, Maddy Smith, Morgan Thrapp, and Odalys Adame. Photo courtesy of the 91¿ì»îÁÖ Eagle and Mandy Smith.

By: Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director

Honors Northeast, the honors program of 91¿ì»îÁÖ announces a call for poems and images that can accent or enliven our sense of the surroundings, people, the culture, and/or the history of Northeast Texas.